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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Office of the Mining Registrar for Riverton and Orepuki, Riverton, 24th October, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 30, subsection (3), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that unless sufficient cause to the contrary is shown within three months from the date hereof, each of the mining privileges held under the licenses mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be struck off the Register.

A. BRANDFORD, Deputy Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Department of Industries and Commerce.—Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924.

IN accordance with the provisions of clause 26 of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924, the Gas Referees have determined that until further notice the fees which shall be payable by gas companies for the examination, comparison, and testing, with or without stamping of meters, shall be as stated hereunder :—

(a.) For all meters with a measuring-capacity of not more than 50 cubic feet per hour (as indicated on the meter by the maker) .. .. 1 6
(b.) For all meters with a measuring-capacity of more than 50 cubic feet per hour but not more than 100 cubic feet per hour .. .. 2 0
(c.) For all meters with a measuring-capacity of more than 100 cubic feet per hour—
For the first 100 cubic feet .. .. 2 0
For each additional 100 cubic feet or part thereof—
In the case of a dry meter .. .. 1 0
In the case of a wet meter .. .. 1 3

Wellington, 30th October, 1925.
J. W. COLLINS, Secretary.

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, and Potatoes (Season 1925–26).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1925.

AS in previous years cards were sent out by post to grain-growers and to potato-growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted or intended to sow or plant in wheat, oats, and potatoes this season.

WHEAT AND OATS.—FINAL AREAS, 1924–25, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1925–26.

Particulars as to varieties of wheat sown or intended to be sown were again asked for. The following table gives a summary of results in cases where varieties were specified :—

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results —

POTATOES.—FINAL AREA, 1924–25, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1925–26.

• On the average of the last five seasons (viz., 5·48 tons per acre) the total estimated yield from this area should approximate 123,300 tons, as against 122,184 tons last season. It may be well to note that only holdings of 1 acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by these figures. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is undoubtedly grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Notice as to Extension of Powers in respect to the Constitution of Fire Districts.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 30th October, 1925.

THE attention of local bodies, land-owners, &c., is directed to section 6 of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, which extends the powers of the Commissioner of State Forests in respect to the constitution of fire districts as authorized by section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22. The Commissioner is now empowered to constitute any private or other lands of an area not less than 200 acres as a fire district, to secure from damage by fire any trees as defined by the said section 27, upon the application of any owner or occupier of land proposed to be included in the fire district.

L. MACINTOSH ELLIS, Director of Forestry.